Coaster wagon



Oct. 9 1923.

J. J. RYAN COASTER WAG'ON Filed April '7. 1922 Patentedct, 7

I Si? Y Zeni f ,the Uzlliddd ..Stetds residing wellen* @dem de, lilnnesei'e, here 1I1veeted-f'ertdnnew and useful Improvements-11n ,',Coaster Wagons;

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invention, suchas'jwill.@Idblejothers skilled l lev Vl4lly, invention:.relates and has orits objectgtofiinprovethesamef int" particulars herei 15 andpartlyinlongit d j 25 laster g f- Td the bor Ledda. .the .llweetleez Genesis of@ he: novel y deviees and combinations;l of

illustrate lthe, invention,

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de mme 1111@ dei @f rig-f2.; Y Fig.. 2 .pharesof-sihd-impfoved wagon Withthelboxzlqemov 3" is a front 'end elevation .witll'some Fig. 4 is' a enlarged scale Fig. 5 is a detail view principallyi1isec' tion taken on the line''v 5&1- 5 of Fig.. fon an enlarged scale.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail viewlipartly' in yplan and partly in section', takenonthel f line 6- 6 of Fig. -1 f Fig. Tis a vfragmentary view'i'partly in side elevation and showing a modified :form of spring; Yand Q Fig. 8 is a detal view' principally in secjtiontaken on the line 8-78 of Fig.,

Referring wagon, as showninFlgsf 1 tof7 inclusive,

the numerals 10 and 11 ndicatevfront and'. rear axles, respectively,

having journaled thereon "front and rear respectively, Vandv which wheels, as shown, are ofthe pressed metal type and are'secured on their axles which and.' said wheels arei "interposed washers l5. Mounted Aonv tlievfro/nt axle 10 is alower bolster-161formed--with single l ,ie respecta -t-b. fth'flboleter 16a-saldi Xl transversely; notched 'tir/1y" Shbrmlppen belet .itward eediihi'; detail view with some parts Ysectioned on the line v1-4 o Fig.o'n anfl and partlyin longitudinal section first to the improved coaster Wheels: 12 andV 13,

by CotterV pins-M between fromeiatibarfpre d-with alcentral'bpre aber s movementpoffthe* upper bolster swmglng vThe numeral 25. `n d'1`cates apairo loingi-` and edgewijse spaced turnetddownwardly and'toward each other to afford frontv andreanresilient members thereto .by 4rivets or other si'iitablev clamped onto v'the rearfaxlefll by nutsaid jaws, and tov prevent endWise` movement of the'rear axle llqin thefjawsr 28,

said'` axle is transversely notehedffat 30, to receivesaid bolts. Y

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.126 and :27 respectively. "'Thef Vspringzeml inembers'QG rest upon .the upper ,bolsterQlg at .the endsthereof, and are.'rigidlyisec'ured.v means;4

The ree en dsgojl the spring .members 271 f v are fol-ded rearward iunder themselves to, .-l.

-ismounted. *These jaws 28 ar'eifrictionally i f equipped 'bolts 29, which extendfthrough l 1 lMounted onfthe spring'barsjQ is :tboxljhavingtransverse eleatsBQ, whichdirectlyf, f

rest on said bars an dare seeuredthereto by f `nut-equipped bolts 33'which extend through the bottom of the box 31, cleats 32vand springbars 25. f iI y A tongue 34 `is attachedv to the lower bolster 16 by hounds 35 formedfromasingle flat. bar folded upon itself Yand-attached at its ends to said bolster by nut-equipped bolts 18. TheV intermediate portion of thisfbar is curved to form a segmental head 36 which is embraced by a pair or' metal 'straps-137 curved to fit saidk head and attached to the. y tongue 34"bynut-'equipped bolts38. VA rivet 39l pivotallyconnects'the strapsff? togjthe head- 36 torpermit vertical swinging movement fof the tongue- 34.VY Y

., Referring now'to'thefmodiication 'shown in'rFigs. ZY-and 8,#the' numeral 40 indicates a spring bar!securedto/thefbox Slgfunder the cleats 32, and its rearY endport'ion is curved4 downwardly "and forwardly to ao'r'd a' resi-lientfmember 41 to which the rear vaxle llis secured'by a U-b'oltf42'. ThisY resilient member 41'1is provided with an extension member`Y 43 whichv projects jforwardly vand upwardly v.and engages thespring vbar .40

with freedom forvflongitudinal Vsliding lmovementfthereon. Th'ejextension member 48 is held in'itsproperrelation to thespringbar connectedby a plate 45 held lthereonby nuts 46. ""lhis4 U-bolt- 44 Vextends throughVV the bot l fem" f the bQX Blfntemediate Cleatsfaz,

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the :extensionfmember 4 3. Y Y

the "Ubolt 44 extends under the extension' e andits prongs "embra'cef the spring A4Q and yThe plate 45 on member 43; and'is' sulciently loose to permit the required-sliding movement Iof said meniberfun'der thezaction ofthe resilient member"41. -"The free end of, theextension membern43 'is' bent fdownwar'dto aiordl a stop vlug 47 arranged to engage the plate 45 to limit the rearward sliding movement 'ofthe extension member 43.

^ The above 'describedl invention has lin i ac-tual* usage proven highly elicient for the purpose had. in view, is extremely simple and of comparatively small cost to manu :facture The spring bars l25 'afordextremely simple means "for attaching* the l"running-gear to' the box 31 and, at the same time, spring support said box. The resilient p members 26, andr 27 permit independent .up and down and forward* and backward move ments'offthe wheels' 12 and y13..l Obviously', the resilient Imembers and27Y support fthe box 31 for easyV riding vmpvement l,and in easel-zone of-the Vwheels g"strikes 'ajstone "or,

frontend rear spring member'sf'theendso'f said rear springimembers being foldeiupon themselves 'to' ail'ord `jaws, 'raf rear 'axle' nutfequipped bolts gh v`said jaws 'outward (of y t mounted in -said' jaws, extendingthrou i @the rear axle uand'pfrictionall'y clamp said jaws thereon', abolster'sec'uredto and. con- Y necting v`thej nds .of the front fspringjmembers, fa front laxle' fattac'hed Vto :the bolster, 'and"wheels'jo-urnale'd'-ontheitwoiaxles.

In testimony whereof I 'alixmy signature.

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